It's not a high price to pay, individually. However, I suspect a lot of the Government financial jiggery pokery has left GP practices as self-funding; no longer are they doctors doing doctoring, they have to be accountants or appoint a practice manager to do the job and he doesn't come cheap - if the car driven by our practice manager is anything to go by! Norman, given his past experiences on the Medical Council, may be able to let us know a little more about this.
The thing that really rankles me, and it doesn't take much, is that there are no end of facilities, clinics and outreaching for the needs of children at our practice, but very little in the way of support for the elderly or their carers, equally vulnerable, those who have contributed so much in their lives via taxes (inc. me), working all of their lives, keeping us safe from the 'Invader' during the war! Ha! Or is it that they are past their sell by date and not worth the investment?
Chesca